[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Chernikov, Oleg L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ c6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qd4 f6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bg7 9. Bc4 e6 10. h4 Qe7 11. h5 gxh5 12. d4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Rxh5 f5 17. Qa5 Kb8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Bc7 Nc8 21. e5 Qf7 22. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novak, Ivan"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qc7 5. Nf3 e5 6. a4 a5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rfd1 0-0 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Ne2 Ra6 19. c3 Rxb6 20. Qxb6 Bc5 21. Qb3 Nxe4 22. Ne3 Qa7 23. c4 Nf4 24. Kf1 b6 25. f3 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ng3+ 27. Kd2 e4 28. Re1 Rd8+ 29. Kc2 Rd3 30. Rad1 Rxb3 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Kxb3 Qe7 33. Red1 exf3 34. R1d3 f2 35. Ra8 h5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Svensson, Leif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 0-0 10. Ne2 Bc8 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxh5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Re4 Qf6 21. Rg4+ Kh7 22. Bxf7 Ne7 23. Bg6+ Kg7 24. Rg3 Rh8 25. Re1 Kf8 26. d4 Bd6 27. Rge3 exd4 28. cxd4 Nd5 29. Re4 Qg5 30. Qf3 Nf6 31. Qb3 Rd7 32. h4 Qd2 33. Re6 Kg7 34. h5 Qf4 35. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bondick, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e4 Qh5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. 0-0 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bc4 17. Qe1 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Ng4 19. Qb5 Nxe3 20. Re1 Nbc2 21. Re2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Qa5 b6 24. Qxa6 exd4 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Qxb6 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Qc2 f6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Qa2 Nxa4 17. Qa3 c5 18. dxc5 Rfc8 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Rxd7 Nxc3 22. Rbb7 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Nf5 24. Kxe2 Qe4 25. g3 h5 26. h3 Qg2 27. h4 Nxg3+ 28. Kd2 Nf5 29. Qb4 Qe4 30. Qb6 a5 31. c6 Rxc6 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Qxb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 c3+ 35. Ke1 Kg6 36. Rh8 Nxe3 37. Qe8+ Kf5 38. Qxh5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qg4 d5 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nf1 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bg5 19. Qh5 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 f5 21. Ne2 Qd7 22. Nf4 Rbd8 23. Rcd1 Qf7 24. Qh4 h6 25. Re3 d4 26. cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. h3 Re8 31. Nh5 Ne6 32. Rxg7+ Nxg7 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Ne6 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blaeser, Romain"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Kh7 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Nh4 e5 18. Bd5 Bc8 19. f4 exd4 20. f5 dxc3 21. bxc3 Ne7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 23. fxg6+ Kh8 24. Bf2 Nc6 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Nf3 Be6 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxf7 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. gxf7 Bxd4+ 34. Kh1 Bc5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Qf6 37. Qc4 Qg5 38. Re1+ Kf8 39. h4 Qh5 40. Rf1 Rd1 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg4 Qd1+ 46. Kh3 Qd7+ 47. g4 Qc6 48. Qf1 Bd6 49. c4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 09th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Ziltener, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 c6 3. e4 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Qc7 15. Be3 a6 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. 0-0-0 0-0-0 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Bc1 Nd7 21. Rh3 Rh7 22. Rdh1 Rdh8 23. Ne1 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Ng2 Qc7 26. h5 Rxh5 27. Rxh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Ng6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Qh2 32. Ne1 Qg1 33. Qxe6 Qxf2 34. Nd3 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Qg2+ 36. Kb3 Kc7 37. Qe7 Qe4 38. Ne5 Qf5 39. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-D (Seniors)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Romanov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 e6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. g4 g6 8. Nge2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 fxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Rh4 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Be7 15. Rdh1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 0-0-0 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Qd4 Ng3 21. R1h2 Bxc2 22. Nxg6 Bxg6 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 18th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2008.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. b3 Ng6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 d6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Qd4 h6 18. Kh2 a5 19. a3 b6 20. g4 Nd7 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Bg3 a4 24. b4 Nb3 25. f4 Qxc4 26. e3 Bb5 27. Rfe1 Qc6 28. f5 f6 29. Bf4 Rad8 30. Bf1 Bc4 31. h4 Rd7 32. Bh3 Bd3 33. Rxd3 exd3 34. Qxd3 d5 35. Rd1 b5 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 18th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2008.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. Bg5 Be6 16. cxb4 Nxc6 17. Bb3 Nxb4 18. Nc3 Rab8 19. Re2 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 18th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Zhelesny, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. b4 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 e6 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Bc5 Nd5 23. axb5 Nxc3 24. Qh5 Qf6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. Bc6 Rec8 29. b5 Bb7 30. Bd6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 Ra8 32. c7 Qf7 33. Qxg5 Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Qxc7 35. d5 h6 36. Qg6 exd5 37. Rxf5 Rd8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Qxd5 c3 41. Rb7 Qc8 42. Rd7 Qa6 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Qg6 45. g4 Qxf5 46. gxf5 Be5 47. Rc8 Kg7 48. Rc6 h5 49. h3 Kf7 50. Kf2 Bf6 51. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 18th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gudat, Alfons"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. e3 cxd4 12. exd4 a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15. Ne5 Qa8 16. cxd5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. f4 h6 21. h3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Kh2 a5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. 0-0 c4 11. Bf5 g6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 Bf5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. h3 Rac8 17. g4 Bd3 18. Rfc1 Na4 19. Ne1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ba3 21. Rd1 Re6 22. Nxd3 cxd3 23. Rab1 b6 24. Qxd3 Rxc3 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Be7 27. Be3 Ra3 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 29. Rc1 g5 30. Rd7 Ra4 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Re8 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Chernikov, Oleg L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e3 Qxc5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Qxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. e4 e6 12. a3 Nd4 13. Ba2 Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Bf4 0-0 17. b4 Bb6 18. Be3 Rc3 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Nd4 Bd3 22. Bb1 Nf4 23. g3 Nd5 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Nb5 Ra8 26. Rac1 h5 27. h4 Kh7 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Ree4 Kg6 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4+ Kh7 36. Nd6 f6 37. Nb5 fxe5 38. Rge4 Rd1+ 39. Re1 Nf4 40. Rc1 R1d2 41. Nc3 Nd3 42. Ne4 Nxc1 43. Nxd2 Nd3 44. Re3 Nxf2 45. Nf3 Nd3 46. Nxe5 Nxe5 47. Rxe5 Rd6 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Rb5 Rc6 51. Kd3 g6 52. a4 e5 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Ke3 Rc6 55. Ke4 Re6 56. Rd5 Rc6 57. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozarcanin, Sead"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Qd3 0-0 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Nd4 Rfe8 14. h3 a6 15. a4 Qa5 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Bg3 Qb4 18. b3 Red8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Nb1 d5 21. Be5 Nxe4 22. f3 Bc5+ 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nd6 26. c3 g6 27. g4 Kg7 28. Red1 Kf6 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. R4d3 b6 31. Re1 Nb7 32. b4 a5 33. Na3 Kf6 34. Nb5 Rc4 35. Rd4 Rdc8 36. Rb1 axb4 37. Rxb4 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 Rxc3 39. Rxb6 Na5 40. Rb5 Nc4 41. a5 Ra3 42. Nb3 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 g5 44. Rb7 Ne5 45. Nd4 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Veselsky, Jozef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. 0-0-0 Na5 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Bf5 Ne7 17. g4 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf4 Nh7 20. Nxd5 Qd7 21. e4 Rac8 22. Kb1 Re6 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. Nf4 Rb6 25. Rd3 Ng5 26. Nd5 Rd6 27. Rhd1 Re8 28. Nc3 Re7 29. f4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rde6 31. f3 f5 32. gxf5 Rb6 33. f6 gxf6 34. f5 Qxf5 35. Qxh6 Rg7 36. Qh2 Re6 37. d5 Re8 38. d6 Rh7 39. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Rg1 Ne5 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nde2 b5 18. Bh6 Be6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nbd4 Bd7 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. h5 Rc5 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. exf5 Rh8 26. hxg6 Rh5 27. Qe3 Re5 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Nd4 Rh4 30. Rd2 Ng8 31. a3 Nh6 32. Nc6 Re3 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nd4 Rf4 35. Rg5 Re5 36. c3 Nxf5 37. Rxf5+ Rfxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Rd3 Ke6 40. Kc2 Kd7 41. c4 Kc6 42. Kc3 Rf4 43. b4 Rf5 44. Re3 Kd7 45. a4 Rf4 46. Rd3 e6 47. Kb3 Kc6 48. Re3 Kd7 49. Rc3 Kc6 50. Kc2 Rf8 51. Kd2 Rf4 52. Ke3 e5 53. Kd2 Rd4+ 54. Kc2 Rh4 55. Kb3 Rh1 56. Kb2 Rh2+ 57. Rc2 Rh3 58. Rc3 Rh2+ 59. Kb3 Rh1 60. a5 bxa5 61. bxa5 Ra1 62. Kb4 Rb1+ 63. Rb3 Ra1 64. Ra3 Rb1+ 65. Kc3 Rf1 66. Kd2 Kb7 67. Rd3 Kc6 68. Ra3 Kb7 69. a6+ Ka7 70. Rd3 Rf2+ 71. Ke3 Rc2 72. Rxd6 Rxc4 73. Re6 Rc5 74. Ke4 Rc3 75. Rd6 Rb3 76. Rf6 Rb5 77. Re6 Rb3 78. Rxe5 Kxa6 79. Rc5 Rb8 80. f4 Kb6 81. Rc1 Re8+ 82. Kf5 Rf8+ 83. Ke5 Re8+ 84. Kd6 Rf8 85. Rb1+ Ka7 86. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Anguera Maestro, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 0-0 13. h3 Kh7 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. b3 Ng8 18. a4 f5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. g3 Rf7 23. Bg2 Qh8 24. Re2 Nc5 25. Qc2 Qf8 26. h4 Be5 27. f4 Bg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bf3 Rf6 30. Bxh5 Ne4 31. Rg2 e6 32. Bd4 exd5 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxd5 Kh8 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Kh2 Qg6 37. Qd3 Re6 38. Bxe4 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kyhle, Bo"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Ne4 9. Nbd2 f5 10. e3 Qe8 11. b3 Qh5 12. Bb2 Rf6 13. Nf1 g5 14. Ne5 Rh6 15. f3 Nef6 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. f4 g4 19. Red1 Qe8 20. Rac1 Nh5 21. Kf2 Ng7 22. Kg1 Rf6 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. Nd2 h5 25. Kf2 h4 26. Ke1 Rh6 27. Kd1 Nh7 28. Kc2 Nf6 29. Kb1 a5 30. c5 Bc7 31. Rdc3 Be8 32. Qf2 Nd7 33. Bf1 Nxe5 34. dxe5 b6 35. Ba3 Qd8 36. cxb6 Bxb6 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Qb6 39. a3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Bd7 41. Ka2 Ne8 42. Bd3 Nc7 43. Kb2 Kf7 44. R5c2 Rah8 45. Nf1 Rh1 46. Ka2 R1h3 47. Qd2 Rb8 48. Rc3 Nb5 49. Bxb5 Qxb5 50. Qd3 Qxd3 51. Rxd3 Rh1 52. Rdd1 Rg1 53. Kb2 Rh8 54. b4 axb4 55. axb4 Ke7 56. Kc3 Rb8 57. Ra1 Kd8 58. Kd4 Rxb4+ 59. Kc5 Rb5+ 60. Kd6 c5 61. Ra8+ Bc8 62. Rda1 Rb7 63. Kxc5 Rg2 64. R1a2 Rgb2 65. Nd2 Kc7 66. Kd4 R2b4+ 67. Kc3 R4b6 68. R8a7 Rc6+ 69. Kd3 Rxa7 70. Rxa7+ Kb6 71. Ra3 Ba6+ 72. Kd4 Rc2 73. Rb3+ Bb5 74. Nb1 Rc4+ 75. Kd3 Kc5 76. Rc3 Rxc3+ 77. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Krebs, Dietmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Re1 d4 13. Ne2 g5 14. h4 f6 15. e5 g4 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nh2 Nd5 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Rc1 b6 21. b4 Rc8 22. bxc5 Nb4 23. cxb6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 axb6 25. Bf4 Nxa2 26. Be5 Nc3 27. Qd2 Rf8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. f3 Rf6 30. Re5 gxf3 31. Bxf3 Qd6 32. Qe1 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Ng4 Re6 35. Qf2 Rxe5 36. Qxd4 Qc5 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Nxe5 Be6 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Nf3 Kf5 41. Nd2 Bd5 42. Nf1 Ke5 43. Ne3 Be6 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Kd2 Bd7 46. Nc2+ Ke5 47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Ne1 Kd5 49. Nf3 Bg4 50. Nd2 Bf5 51. Ne4 Bg6 52. Nf6+ Ke6 53. Ng4 h5 54. Nf2 Ke5 55. Nh3 Bf5 56. Nf4 Bg4 57. Ng6+ Kf5 58. Ne7+ Ke5 59. Nc6+ Kd6 60. Na5 Ke5 61. Nb3 Kd5 62. Nd2 Ke5 63. Ne4 Kd5 64. Nf6+ Ke5 65. Nxg4+ hxg4 66. Kd2 Kd4 67. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. g3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 d6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. 0-0 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Qc2 a5 14. e4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. f4 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. b3 Qf6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 e4 24. bxc4 exf3 25. Bxf3 a4 26. Bg2 a3 27. Re7 Qb2 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. h4 Qd6 30. Qg5 Rg8 31. Kh2 h6 32. Qe3 b6 33. Qc3 Na4 34. Qd4 Nc5 35. R1e6 Nxe6 36. Rxe6 Rgd8 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. c5 bxc5 39. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 17th"]
[Site "Gmunden"]
[Date "2007.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Juckschat, Paul"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 0-0 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Rd1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. 0-0 Rac8 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qc5 Bb6 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Rc1 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Nc5 Bxf3 21. Bxf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 exf5 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Rd2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kd5 30. Kd3 Rc4 31. Ke3 g5 32. f4 f6 33. Rf2 g4 34. Rd2 h5 35. Rd3 b5 36. Rb3 b4 37. Rd3 h4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. b3 b6 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ofstad, Per"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qc7 8. Be2 b6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rad1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qh4 Rd6 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Bc2 Qd8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Ne5 b5 26. Kf1 g5 27. h4 f6 28. Ng4 Bc8 29. f3 Bxg4 30. fxg4 gxh4 31. Ke2 Rd5 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rxh4 Kg6 34. Rh1 Rg5 35. c4 Rxg4 36. Kf2 Rg5 37. b3 Rf5+ 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Rh3 h5 40. Rg3+ Kh6 41. Rg8 bxc4 42. bxc4 Rg5 43. Re8 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Rxa2 45. Rxe4 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Karl, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Bd3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. e4 Bd4 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Ne2 Rdd8 21. f4 Qa5 22. Nc3 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxc4 25. Qxa7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxb7 Qa4 29. Qb3 Qxf4 30. Qc3 Re8 31. Qxc6 Re2 32. Rf1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxb2 34. a4 Qe5 35. Qf3 f6 36. a5 Qe6 37. Qd3 Re3 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd2 Ra3 40. Qc2+ Kg8 41. Rb1 f5 42. Qc5 Ra4 43. Kh2 Rc4 44. Qb6 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 Kh7 46. a6 Qe4 47. Qb7 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Rb1 a5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bf1 Re8 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Qf3 Nfd7 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Rbd1 Qb6 17. Bc1 a4 18. Kh1 Qd8 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. h4 h5 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Be2 Rd8 25. f6 Qc7 26. Bxh5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Be6 28. Bh6 g6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe3 Kh7 31. Qxc5 gxh5 32. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Ne5 c6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernikov, Oleg L"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 Ne4 10. 0-0 Ndf6 11. Nb5 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. f3 Nd2 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe8 17. Nc3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxe2 20. Rxd2 Qe7 21. f4 c4 22. Rdd1 Rfe8 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Qf3 Qb4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxd5 Qxb2 27. Rg1 Qb5 28. Qd6 c3 29. Nf3 Qh5+ 30. Nh4 Qg4 31. Kh2 h6 32. Rc1 Re3 33. Nf3 Rxf3 34. f5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 0-0 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. 0-0 e5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Rb1 h6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. f4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Na3 19. f5 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 g5 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Kh1 b6 25. Qg4 Bb7 26. Rbe1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sax, Hans"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. h3 0-0 14. Qe2 Bf4 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Rac1 h6 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. Nxg3 Nf4 23. Bb5 Bxg2 24. Bxe8 Bxf1 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kxf1 Nxh3 27. Ke2 g5 28. Kf3 Kg6 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 h5 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Ke4 h4 33. Nh1 Rc8 34. Rc1 b5 35. a3 Rc4 36. Rc2 Nd5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. f3 Kf4 39. Nf2 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Laco, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 b6 4. h4 h5 5. Nh3 Bb7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Bc2 c6 11. g4 e5 12. Rg1 d6 13. g5 f5 14. f4 Qd7 15. Qf3 0-0 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. 0-0-0 Qc7 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nd6 Nc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Be6 Rxf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Bd6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. e4 Bc5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Kh2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 Nb4 21. Re2 Nbxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Rce1 Kh8 25. Re5 Rd6 26. f5 Nc7 27. Qxb7 Rb6 28. fxe6 Rexe6 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Nxe6 32. Qc2+ Kh8 33. Bd5 Qf6 34. Qe2 Nf8 35. b4 Qd4 36. Bc4 Nd7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Kaj Ake"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Kh1 Qb6 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. f4 cxd5 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4 15. Rxf4 g6 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. Rf1 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Bf5 20. Nxd6 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rad8 22. h4 f5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Re6 Qb1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd3 26. Qe5 Qd2 27. Re8 Qh6 28. Qe6+ Rdf7 29. Nxf7 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. d6 f4+ 36. Kh3 Qd1 37. Qe5+ Kxf7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. d7 Qh5+ 40. Qh4 Qf5+ 41. Qg4 Qd5 42. Kh2 Qd6 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Qh3 Qd1+ 46. Kf2 h5 47. Qf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Ke7 49. Kxf4 b5 50. Kg5 a5 51. Kxg6 b4 52. Kxh5 a4 53. g4 b3 54. axb3 axb3 55. g5 b2 56. g6 b1Q 57. Kh6 Qh1+ 58. Kg7 Kxd7 59. Kg8 Ke7 60. Kg7 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 16th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "De Leeuw, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. c5 b5 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 Bb7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Ra8 18. b6 N6d7 19. b7 Ra6 20. c6 Nb6 21. c7 Qd7 22. b8Q Nc4 23. Ne5 Qc8 24. Nxc4 Rc6 25. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Chernikov, Oleg L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne7 7. e3 Ng6 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Kb1 Kh8 14. e4 Be7 15. e5 Nh5 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Bf5 Qe8 19. Bg4 Ngf4 20. Bxh5 Nxh5 21. f4 f5 22. Ng1 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. f4 Qh5 26. Ne2 Rac8 27. Qe3 b6 28. Nc3 c5 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd6 cxd4 31. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 c6 8. d5 Na6 9. h4 Nc7 10. e3 0-0 11. Be2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. h5 Bf6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. f3 b5 18. Nd1 b4 19. Nf2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Nh3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Nd3 25. Qc4 Nb5 26. Qb3 a4 27. Qd1 Nxb2 28. Qb1 Nc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxe4 c2 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Qd4 a3 34. h6 Rc7 35. Qb6 Rf7 36. Rf1 gxh6 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 Bxg4 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qc7+ Kf8 41. Bxg4 Qxe3+ 42. Kh2 c1Q 43. Qd8+ Qe8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Be6+ Qxe6 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bojarinov, Victor A"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 cxd4 8. Rd1 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Rc8 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Qb6 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Nb3 e5 15. Qh4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Bf3 Ne3 19. Rd3 Rc4 20. Bd8 Qb5 21. Qh5 Nf5 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Bf6 Qxb2 25. Rd1 e4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Bxe4 g6 28. Qf3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Gaspariants, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. f4 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. dxc5 Be6 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 Qh4 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Bb2 Qg3 23. hxg4 Rh6+ 24. Kg1 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Qxf4+ 26. Nf3 fxg4 27. Bc1 Qf7 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Kg1 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Nd8 32. Re1 Bf7 33. Bc2 Nc6 34. Bxh7+ Kg7 35. Bb1 Rd8 36. Rg3+ Kh8 37. Rf1 Rd7 38. Rgf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 0-0 7. e5 Ne8 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qh4 Bf5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Qd5 14. Qxe7 Rae8 15. Qxc7 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Rxe5 17. Be3 Qe4 18. Rf1 Re7 19. Qd6 f5 20. Bg5 Ree8 21. h4 f4 22. Nf3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Rf7 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ng5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurin, Anatolij"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. c3 c5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. e4 b5 11. Nf1 c4 12. exd5 exd5 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Be3 b4 15. N1d2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd3 17. Qa4 Be6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Qxc4 Ndb4 20. Qf4 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nxc3 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Qa5 Nd5 26. Bb5 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rcxd8 28. Bc5 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nc3 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Bc4 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Cherevko, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd2 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. h3 Re8 13. Rc1 Nd4 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qa5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. a4 g5 26. a5 Qd8 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Re7 29. Rc8 a6 30. Kf1 Be5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Kf3 Bf4 33. Rc4 Be5 34. g3 Rd7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Bc2 Re7 37. Rc8 Kg7 38. Kf3 Rd7 39. Ke2 Re7 40. Kd3 f5 41. exf5 Kf6 42. Bd1 h4 43. g4 Bh2 44. Rf8+ Rf7 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Ba4 Bg1 47. Bc6 Bxf2 48. Bxb7 Be1 49. b5 Bxa5 50. bxa6 Bb6 51. Bc6 Kf6 52. Ba4 Ke5 53. Kc4 Ba7 54. Bb3 Bc5 55. Kb5 d3 56. Kc6 d2 57. Kb7 d1Q 58. Bxd1 Kxd5 59. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hvenekilde, Jorgen"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. 0-0 Nc6 17. Be4 0-0 18. Bg5 Ndxe5 19. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxe7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxc6 Qa7 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 h6 26. Rb6 Rd8 27. Ne4 Bxa2 28. Rxa6 Bc4 29. Rd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Bd5 31. c3 Kf8 32. Nf5 f6 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Nf1 Kd6 36. g3 Ke5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Nd2 Bd5 39. Kf2 f4 40. gxf4+ Kxf4 41. c4 Be6 42. Nb3 Bxc4 43. Nxc5 h5 44. Na4 g5 45. Nb2 Bb5 46. Nd1 Bc6 47. Ne3 h4 48. Nc2 Be4 49. Ne3 Bb7 50. Nf1 Kg4 51. Ne3+ Kh3 52. Kg1 Be4 53. Nd1 Kg4 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Ne3 g4 56. Nf1 Bd3 57. Nd2 h3 58. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kempen, Willi"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg4 Kh8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qe3 17. Rf3 Qxe4 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rd1 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 g6 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Qe3 Qxa2 30. Qc5 Qa6 31. c4 Re8 32. Rxf7 Qa1+ 33. Qg1 Qxb2 34. Qxa7 Qb1+ 35. Qg1 Qb4 36. Qf1 Kg8 37. Rc7 Rf8 38. Qd1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popivoda, Radmila"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Qh5 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rad1 a6 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. h3 Red8 19. Qe3 Be8 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Rc2 Bf6 23. Qd2 Qh5 24. Nf3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Ne2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Ne5 28. Nfd4 Qg6 29. Ng3 h5 30. Re3 d5 31. f4 Nc6 32. f5 Qg5 33. Nxc6 Bxc6 34. Rd3 Qh4 35. e5 d4 36. f6 Rd5 37. fxg7 Kxg7 38. Qe2 Rh8 39. Rc2 Bd7 40. Qf2 Rxe5 41. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schweizer, Horst"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Ne5 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rd2 h6 19. h4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxh4 21. Nxb4 Bg5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 Rxf4 26. Nxa6 Bxa6 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bxa6 Qb6+ 30. Kh2 Rh4+ 31. Kg3 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Bierwisch, Bernhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Ba3 f5 13. Nd2 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nf5 15. Bb4 Ra8 16. Ra3 Nd4 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. a5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rf4 21. Re1 Rf7 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Be3 h6 24. Ra2 Ra8 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Qb4 c5 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Qb5 Nd4 29. Qd5 Ra6 30. c5 Nf5 31. cxd6 Rc6 32. Bc5 Nh4 33. Ra3 Rf4 34. Rh3 Qg4 35. Rg3 Rxe4 36. Be3 Rxe3 37. Rgxe3 Rxd6 38. Qxb7 Rd7 39. Qc6 Ra7 40. h3 Qg5 41. Ra3 Qd2 42. Re4 Rf7 43. Rxh4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Serra Olives, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. 0-0 Nd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Ba2 bxa4 15. c3 Nb3 16. Bxb3 axb3 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qa2 Qa5 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. Qc4 Qb3 21. Qxa6 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxb2 23. Nb5 Qe2 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. Qd1 Qxe4 26. Nxd6 Qa4 27. Qd3 Qc6 28. Rd1 Bd8 29. Nf5 Bf6 30. Rd6 e4 31. Qe2 Qxc3 32. h4 Rfe8 33. Qg4 Ra1 34. h5 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qb3 36. Nxg7 Bxg7 37. h6 Qc3 38. Rd7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. g3 Qf6 41. Qxg7+ Qxg7 42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Kh3 Re6 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Kf1 Ra6 46. Re7 f5 47. Re8 Ra2 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Re8 h5 51. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Sorokina, Tamara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 a6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rb8 12. a4 Ne8 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. Be2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qd2 Na6 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Bh6 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. f4 f6 23. Bg4 Nf8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Rdc1 Red8 27. f5 Qe8 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. h4 Na6 30. Qe2 Kh6 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Qd2+ g5 33. Be2 Qf7 34. hxg5+ fxg5 35. Bxh5 Qxh5 36. Rh3 Qxh3 37. gxh3 Nf6 38. Qe3 Rg8 39. Kf2 Rg7 40. Kg2 Kh7 41. e5 dxe5 42. Qxe5 Nh5 43. Kh2 Rf8 44. Nc3 Nf6 45. d6 exd6 46. Qxd6 Rff7 47. Qe6 Nc7 48. Qe3 Kh6 49. Qxc5 Nce8 50. Nd5 Nd7 51. Qe3 Nd6 52. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Tchetchelnitski, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ng6 Rg8 11. Bf4 c6 12. 0-0-0 Ke8 13. Be2 Bf7 14. Ne5 g5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rd4 Bg7 18. Ra4 a6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bb6+ Kc8 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Bc5 Kc7 24. g3 Bg6 25. Bd3 Be5 26. Ra3 Bd6 27. Nxd6 exd6 28. Bd4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rf8 30. f3 Rf7 31. a3 Ne7 32. Kd2 c5 33. Bc3 Kc6 34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Bd2 b5 36. b3 Re7+ 37. Kf2 Re6 38. f4 g4 39. Bc1 Ne7 40. Re3 Kd7 41. Rd3 Nf5 42. Bb2 Re7 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Rd2 h5 45. Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 05th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vinogradov, Victor"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e4 bxc4 7. Na3 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Ne2 0-0 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. 0-0 Ba6 14. b3 Nb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. Bh3 Qb7 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Bg2 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 g6 24. Bc3 Bg7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rc2 a5 27. Rc4 Bd4 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Ra4 Qd8 30. Bf3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rc4 Qe5 33. Qe2 Qf6 34. Qd2 Ra7 35. Qe1 g5 36. Qd2 Re7 37. Rc2 Re5 38. Bg4 Qg6 39. Be2 g4 40. Qd1 h5 41. Bc4 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 h4 43. gxh4 Qf4 44. Re2 Rh5 45. Qf1 Rxh4 46. Qg2 Be5 47. Re4 Qc1+ 48. Qf1 Bxh2+ 49. Kg2 Qg5 50. Qe1 Be5 51. Qe3 Qh5 52. Kf1 Rh1+ 53. Ke2 g3+ 54. Kd3 Qd1+ 55. Qd2 Qb1+ 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Be2 f5 58. Rxe5 dxe5 59. fxg3 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 Rxe2+ 61. Qxe2 Qxd5 62. Qh5 Qd2+ 63. Kf1 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 Qd4+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kf2 Qc2+ 67. Kf1 Kf6 68. Qh6+ Ke7 69. Qc6 Qb1+ 70. Kg2 Qb2+ 71. Kh3 Qd4 72. Qc7+ Kf6 73. Qc6+ Kg5 74. Qe8 Qg4+ 75. Kg2 Qe2+ 76. Kg1 f4 77. gxf4+ Kxf4 78. Qf8+ Kg3 79. Qg7+ Kf3 80. Qf8+ Ke4 81. Qa8+ Ke3 82. Qxa5 Qg4+ 83. Kf1 Qf3+ 84. Kg1 Qf2+ 85. Kh1 Kf3 86. Qa8+ e4 87. Qf8+ Ke2 88. Qe7 Kf1 89. Qg5 e3 90. a4 e2 91. Qc1+ e1Q 92. Qc4+ Qee2 93. Qc1+ Qfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Rosino, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1 0-0 15. 0-0 f5 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. f4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. e5 b6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Bf3 Bb7 22. Rfc1 h6 23. h4 Rc8 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd7 26. Qd4 Kh7 27. e6 Qd6 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 g5 30. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Strelnikova, Elena"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 g6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Bd4 f6 9. Bxe5 fxe5 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. 0-0 exd5 14. cxd5 Bg4 15. Be4 Nc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. Qe3 a6 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Qa7 Bc8 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Bc4 Qb4 25. Bb3 Nd6 26. Nxe5 Bf5 27. g4 Nc8 28. Qb8 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Nd6 31. Qxc7 Bxg4 32. Re7 Qd4 33. Ne4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Arnaudov, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. d5 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd8 10. Rb1 b6 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. c4 Nb7 13. Rb3 Qxa2 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nd6 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nd4 18. Re3 Qxc2 19. Bd6 e6 20. Qe1 0-0-0 21. Bd1 Qb2 22. Bg3 f5 23. dxe6 dxe6 24. Rxe6 Bb7 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Be5 Qg5 29. g3 Rhe8 30. Qc3 Qd2 31. Qa1 Re6 32. Bf4 Qe1 33. h4 Qe4 34. f3 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. Bxh6 d3 37. Bg5 Rd4 38. Bb3 Re2 39. Bd1 Re6 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Bc6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 d2 44. Kf2 Kb7 45. h6 Rd7 46. Bh5 Ba4 47. Bf3+ Ka6 48. Ra1 b5 49. cxb5+ Kxb5 50. Rh1 Bc2 51. Be3 a5 52. Bd1 Be4 53. Rh4 Rf6+ 54. Kg3 Re6 55. Kf2 a4 56. Be2+ Kc6 57. Bd1 a3 58. Ba4+ Kb7 59. Bxd7 d1Q 60. Bxe6 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asmundsson, Ingvar"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Rb1 0-0 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 e6 12. Nf4 a6 13. a3 Nd4 14. Be3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Na2 Rfc8 18. Nb4 Rc5 19. h3 Qc7 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. f4 Qd8 22. Qe1 Rcc8 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Rbc1 Nc5 25. Rc2 Nb3 26. Nc1 Nc5 27. Ne2 Nb3 28. Nc1 Na5 29. Nca2 Rc5 30. Rfc1 Nb3 31. e5 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qxf4 33. Qxb3 Bxe5 34. Qd1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Bf4 36. Qf3 Bxc1 37. Qxa8+ Kg7 38. Nxc1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qxc1 40. Qc6 Qxb2+ 41. Nc2 d5 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Qc5 e5 44. Qd6+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kf4 46. Qf6+ Kg3 47. Qxe5+ Kxh3 48. Qxd4 Qxd4 49. Nxd4 Kxg4 50. Nxb5 h5 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Kf1 h4 53. Kg1 f5 54. a4 f4 55. Nd4 h3 56. a5 h2+ 57. Kh1 g5 58. a6 g4 59. Ne2+ Kf3 60. Nxf4 Kxf4 61. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Karl, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Re1 Qf8 14. a4 h6 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Nc4 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nc3 Qxb2 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. d6 g5 25. Bg3 Nxe4 26. d7 Re7 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Rxe4 Rexd7 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Qc6 Rxe8 31. Qxd7 Re4 32. Rb8 Qxa4 33. Qc8 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qg7 35. Bd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kock, Hans Uwe"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. c4 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ne4 20. Rf1 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Qf1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kohlschmidt, Christoph"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Be7 6. f4 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. cxd4 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. fxe5 Nxd4 16. Nc3 c6 17. Be3 f4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne6 20. Bf5 Nxf4 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Nc7 23. g3 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 Nfe6 25. Nc3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 04th"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2004.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. Kh1 Qc6 13. Qf3 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. f5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. c3 f6 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Kg1 Re5 23. Rf4 Kf7 24. g4 Ke7 25. Kg2 Bxd4 26. Rdxd4 Kd6 27. a4 a6 28. Rf2 Rce8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 a6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. Qe1 Ne6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Red2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Re1 h6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 c5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 27. d6 Qf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Bh2 c4 30. Qd2 Rd7 31. Rf1 Qe4 32. Qf2 Qd5 33. Kh1 Nc5 34. Qe3 Ne4 35. Qf3 Qd3 36. Kg1 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Nc5 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Rd1 Ke8 40. Rd5 Na4 41. Rd2 f6 42. Kf2 Nc5 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Rd1 Nb7 45. a4 bxa4 46. Ra1 Nc5 47. Ra2 Ke6 48. Kd4 Nb3+ 49. Kxc4 Nd2+ 50. Kc5 Nxf3 51. Rxa4 Nxh2 52. Re4+ Kf7 53. Kc6 Ra7 54. d7 Ra8 55. Kb7 Rf8 56. Kc7 f5 57. Re2 Nf1 58. d8Q Rxd8 59. Kxd8 Ng3 60. Re7+ Kf6 61. c4 f4 62. c5 Nf5 63. Re4 g5 64. c6 Nd6 65. c7 Nxe4 66. c8Q 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Zvezdov, Nikolay S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 Nde7 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Rad1 b6 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 Nf8 20. d5 exd5 21. Bf5 Qd6 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Qc3 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Ng6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Bf4 Qf8 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bg4 Kf6 32. Bf3 Kf5 33. Bd2 g5 34. g4+ Kg6 35. Bc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khavsky, Sergey V"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Ionov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 b4 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 d6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Nd3 Nfd7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 e6 13. Nb3 Na6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 Qb6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bh3 Rf7 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. Bg5 e5 21. Nf4 Nab8 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. a5 e4 24. Rc2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Re5 26. Bh4 Rxd5 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Bg7 29. Nxe4 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rf4 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Nxc5 Rxh4 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Nxd7+ Ke7 35. Nc5 Bxb2 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rb7 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gumerov, Renant"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. f3 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb6 12. e4 Bd7 13. Be2 0-0 14. g4 a6 15. Nh3 Bb5 16. Nf2 Rfe8 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. 0-0 Nc4 19. Qc1 Ne5 20. h3 Ra4 21. Nd1 Rc4 22. b3 Rxc3 23. Nxc3 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. a4 bxa4 27. bxa4 Ne5 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Kg2 c4 30. Qc3 Nfd7 31. Rd1 f6 32. Qb4 Rc5 33. Nd4 b6 34. Ne6 Rc8 35. Qc3 Nf8 36. Nd4 Rc5 37. Rb1 Qa7 38. Ra1 Nfd7 39. Nb5 Qb8 40. Bf2 Rc8 41. Bd4 Nd3 42. Kg3 N7e5 43. h4 h5 44. gxh5 Rf8 45. f4 Qe8 46. Bxe5 fxe5 47. f5 Qxh5 48. Qd2 Nf4 49. Nxd6 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nd4 51. Ra3 Qxh4+ 52. Kg2 Nb3 53. Qe3 Qg4+ 54. Kf2 Nc5 55. Qe2 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 Rf6 57. Ne8 Rh6 58. Rh3 Rxh3 59. Kxh3 Nxe4 60. Kg2 c3 61. d6 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 Nf2+ 63. Qxf2 Qxf2 64. d7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory Konstantino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Qd2 d6 9. a4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasantsev, Anatolij B"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 Nce4 13. 0-0 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Black "Zemliansky, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Qf6 13. Kh1 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Bf5 15. Rg1 Bg6 16. Rg3 c6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qc3 f6 20. Rag1 d5 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc4 b5 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. Qxa5 Rd1 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Bd4 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qd5 28. Qc3 c5 29. Qxc5 Qxb3 30. Kg2 Qd5 31. Qb6 Rd6 32. Qb8+ Rd8 33. Qc7 Rd7 34. Qc8+ Rd8 35. Qc3 Qc4 36. Qa5 Rc8 37. Qa6 Qc6 38. Qa7 Rc7 39. Qa5 Rc8 40. Qb4 Qc4 41. Rg4 Qxb4 42. axb4 Rc4 43. Bc5 Rxg4+ 44. fxg4 h5 45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Kg3 Be2 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. f3 Ke6 50. Bd4 Bd1 51. e4 Be2 52. Ke3 Bd1 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Bd4 Ke6 55. Bb6 Kf7 56. Bc7 Ke6 57. Kf4 Be2 58. Ke3 Bd1 59. f4 f5 60. e5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kleimenov, Yury Afanasievich"]
[Black "Sorokin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. d3 Re8 12. f4 Qe7 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Qd5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Ke2 Rad8 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Qb5+ 24. Kf2 Qc5+ 0-1

